Yeah, it's in Block's Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
(which might include his other books on writing). See pg.
131.
Ed
--- Allan Guthrie <
allan@allanguthrie.co.uk> wrote:
> I no longer own the book to check, but I'm pretty
sure in one
> of Block's books on writing (WRITING THE NOVEL, I
think) he
> mentions that DEADLY HONEYMOON was Westlake's idea
and when
> Westlake didn't run with it, Block asked if he could
use the
> core idea instead and Westlake was only too happy
for him to
> do so.
>
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jacquesdebierue
> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:52 PM
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Tales of revenge [was Re: Two
buck
> books]
>
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Purcell"
> <curtpurcell@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't know about "greatest," but I kind of
liked Block's
> DEADLY
> > HONEYMOON, though I know I've seen it
criticized here in
> previous posts.
> >
>
> I may have been one of those who criticized it...
The book
> did not
> make a good impression. Now, with the Block months
coming so
> soon, I
> have the perfect opportunity to reread it and
confirm,
> rectify or say
> something totally different (like something about
the
> personification
> of absence or the transmogrification of
anger).
>
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